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A shrimp is a benthic animal, falling in the benthos category. They feed on plankton.
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What is the largest shark found in british coastal waters?
basking shark basking shark basking shark
Has anyone ever been killed by a basking shark?
No. Basking Sharks are COMPLETELY harmless. Although they may come across as gigantic and dangerous, they only feed on vegetation and small plankton. For an example you could compare a basking shark with a whale shark and find that they have many things in common.No they do not eat humans - they eat mostly small animals like plankton or minnows.
Do basking shark eat meat?
No
What sharks do not eat meat?
The basking and the whale shark do not eat any meat as well as the dwarf lantern shark.
What is the second heaviest shark?
Basking sha
Is a great white shark a plankton nekton or benthos?
Tiger sharks (like all sharks) are nekton. They actively swim around and catch their food, unlike benthos which live on the ocean floor and mostly filter-feed.
Is a great white a plankton?
Benthos is an aggrgation of organisms living on or at the bottom of a body of water: Plankton is a group of drifting organisms, and Nektons are free-swimmers unaffected by tides and currents. Therefore a shark is a Nekton.
Is there a plankton eating hammerhead shark?
=No!! But the Basking shark==does!=
Who is the basking shark prey?
Well the basking shark eats mostly plankton.
Which shark is not a planton eater?
Most Sharks are not plankton eaters. Only plankton eating Sharks are the basking Shark and the whale Shark.
How does a basking shark cacth their prey?
the basking shark feeds on plankton which lives in the water so all it has to do is swim around
Do lizards eat basking sharks?
no
Is there really a such a thing as a basking shark?
A basking shark is a plankton eating shark. It is the second biggest shark in the world (after the whale shark). It is about 35 feet long. It mainly lives in northern climates. It is often hunted with harpoons.
How much food does a basking shark eat in a hour?
75,000,000 plankton in 1 hour
Do sharks eat plankton?
Filter feeding Sharks, like the Basking Shark and the whale Shark eats plankton on purpose. Other Sharks might get some by accident.
How often do basking sharks eat?
They would stalk their prey, swim up to them unnoticed (usually from behind or under) and sink their razor-sharp teeth into the flesh of their prey and devour it by tearing it into pieces if it was a big one.
What is the largest shark found in british coastal waters?
basking shark basking shark basking shark
